29 Jul 2019 Greenland PART II: Living with the Inuits
With Deano and Mic back in Europe after our ice trek, I was now uninhibited at 66 degrees and 53 minutes north of equator in Sisimiut on Greenland’s west coast...
19 Jul 2019 Major coastal subdivision funding Success!
CLIENT POSITION The client is an established, well respected property developer who was in the process of commencing a regional residential land subdivision. Certain delays in the construction process meant that the...
09 Jul 2019 What Bank cut what Rates?
By Ian Robinson Two rate cuts in two months with maybe more to come. But with hundreds of loan products over dozens of lenders, how did these cuts flow onto your...
09 Jul 2019 Breaking a Fixed Loan
By Ian Robinson Interest rates have materially fallen. That is the good news for all holders of variable loans. BUT there is a large percentage of fixed loans in the market that...
20 Jun 2019 Which is the Best Bank?
By Ian Robinson Writing commercial and agribusiness loans for the past 15 years builds up a war chest of intellectual property and proprietary from the perpetual motion of romancing business owners...
20 Jun 2019 The 90 Second Bank Test: How does your bank rate?
By Ian Robinson Wouldn’t you like to know how important you are to your bank? This knowledge will then, after all, qualify the level of competent service and support that your...
04 Jun 2019 The Blue Chip Borrower
By Ian Robinson Pub witticism amongst borrowers has gone along the lines of, “If you borrow a small amount of money and you get into trouble, it’s your problem. If you...
22 May 2019 The Miracle of YOU
By Ian Robinson As appalling as the thought conjures, the procreation of your parents created the inaugural and very special unique YOU. The micro-biology of that event alone is around one...
22 May 2019 Union of Banking Polarity: Green Shoots
By Ian Robinson The world of banking is seemingly becoming more alienated to the mere mortal borrower. There is outcry of Us vs THEM with an illusion of duress and oppression...
22 May 2019 Revelations of an Ex-Banker
(Yes that's Ian fishing for dinner at midnight on Greenland's west coast). By Ian Robinson With 20 years of banking stacked and compressed into a professional experience called life, I can deliberate...
29 Apr 2019 5 Quick Clues to your Business Loan Strength
The business has carried commercial debt for decades in various forms. The relationship with the bank has been harmonious for most part in parallel to the highs and lows of...